Victoria was set to get nuclear power in 1980s
For Victoria, nuclear power was oh so close, crikey, 21 March 11, by Bill Birnbauer, As news of Japan’s nuclear radiation crisis hits our screens, it is apt to remind ourselves just how gung-ho some of our own senior bureaucrats and politicians were about building nuclear power stations in Victoria as recently as 1980.The former State Electricity Commission had assessed at least 10 coastal locations for their suitability as nuclear power station sites…..Nuclear power: For Victoria, nuclear power was oh so close | Crikey
Jim Green exposes Barry Brook’s pro nuclear spin
Australia’s nuclear spin doctors, Green Left, March 20, 2011, By Jim Green . Pro-nuclear commentators in Australian have downplayed the crisis even as radiation monitors detected alarming jumps in radioactivity near the reactors and low levels of radiation as far away as Tokyo. Continue reading
Ziggy says nuclear power is the only way for Australia
Nuclear energy ‘the only answer’ World News Australia, 20 March 11, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation chief Dr Ziggy Switkowski told the the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.symposium, which kicked off on Monday, that Australia should build 50 nuclear power stations by 2050……. “We should plan to have our first reactor up and running by 2020 and then go for a fleet as large as 50 reactors by 2050 producing 75 gigawatts of electricity,” Dr Switkowski said… Nuclear energy ‘the only answer’ : World News Australia on SBS
5 good reasons why Australia will not go for nuclear energy
In fact, despite some uninformed commentary, there has been no renaissance of nuclear energy, only a resurgence of pro-nuclear talk. In 2008 and 2009, the world retired 3000 megawatts of old nuclear capacity and only 1000 megawatts was brought on line. In the same two years, about 60,000 megawatts of new wind power was commissioned
Australia’s politicians ignore opportunity for renewable energy
Beyond Zero Emissions has shown that a rapid transition to renewables is possible and made its reports available to major party politicians, with no result.
Parramatta hosts Beyond Zero Emissions, Green Left Weekly, March 20, 2011 By Kerry Smith, Sydney Parramatta Climate Action Network hosted a presentation by Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE) at Parramatta Town Hall on March 14.The presentation summarised the “Zero Carbon Australia 2020” stationary energy report, which details how Australia can transition to 100% renewable energy by 2020.
Investment advice “be greedy” about uranium stocks
Uranium woes woo takeover talk * Robin Bromby * From: The Australian * March 18, 2011
BE greedy where others are fearful that’s the advice Fat Prophets sent out to its clients today.
The immediate object of FP’s affections is Paladin Energy (PDN) which has taken a body blow this week like other uranium stocks. The investment firm sees the company as a potential Chinese takeover target as it has its operating mines in Namibia and Malawi, which means the Australian government would not be involved in deciding the ownership of those mines…….
Ferguson, Abbott, Howes, etc – the nuclear lobby’s political stooges
Andrea Mayes takes on the pro nuclear politicians:
Japan’s disastrous and tragic nuclear record should be warning enough to Australian politicians to stop their dangerous flirtation with nuclear energy.
Disaster proves nuclear danger, The West Australian, Andrea Mayes, 15 March 11, “……….For some in Australia, the temptation to move down the nuclear energy path is proving irresistible.Both Federal Energy Minister Martin Ferguson and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott favour nuclear energy as part of the solution to the challenge of climate change……. Continue reading
Spinowski, Angwins, Atkinson, Borschoff desperately spinning uranium industry
There is a lot of money riding on the optimists winning the argument over the pessimists.
BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mine, the world’s biggest uranium mine, is scheduled for an expansion that could cost 30-50 billion Australian dollars. With the spot price of uranium back where it was in 2009, BHP would be taking a big gamble that nuclear power is here to stay.
ANALYSIS: Australia’s battered uranium miners talk up their prospects – Monsters and Critics, 19 March 11, “……….Ziggy Switkowski, Australia’s foremost nuclear physicist, admits these are trying times for industry lobbyists…….He has not lost faith in the science and believes the industry will bounce back within the year. Continue reading
Nuclear power “clean, inexpensive” says Northern Territory News
Any move from nuclear power …..would harm the NT’s uranium mining industry
Nuclear still power option NT News 18 March 11 Hopefully, there will not be a loss of faith in nuclear energy following the Japanese disaster. It is a clean, inexpensive form of power Continue reading
Cameco’s managing director enthusiastic about race to mine uranium in Western Australia
Reilly said. “There will be lessons learned from the events in Japan, and the market may take a breather. But the long-term fundamentals, we believe, are very strong.”…Kintyre’s approvals timeline pits Cameco against several other companies – including BHP Billiton – aiming to develop Western Australia’s first uranium mine.
Cameco pushes on with Australian uranium plans The Australian, Stephen Bell March 17, 2011 CAMECO Corp will push ahead with plans to gain approvals for its Kintyre uranium project in Western Australia by 2013, despite doubts over long-term demand for the nuclear fuel following radiation leaks at reactors in eartquake-hit Japan. Continue reading
Australia’s Radiation Protection Agency warns people to move 80 km away from Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
….ARPANSA [the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency] recommended that Australians within 80 kilometres of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant move out of the area as a precautionary measure.
Australian Government to Japan travellers: Leave now, Tokyo unsafe – Australian Business Traveller, 18 March 11, Australia’s DFAT Smartraveller safety warning level against travel to Japan has been raised even further, urging Australians to avoid much of Japan (including Tokyo and its airports) entirely, Continue reading
Nuclear energy future, Fukushima safe, says Borshoff of Paladin uranium company
Mr Borshoff has also defended the safety of nuclear power and, in particular, the plant at Fukushima
Uranium miner slams nuclear ‘media frenzy’ – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Elysse Morgan Mar 17, 2011 The chief executive of one of Australia’s biggest uranium miners, Paladin, has slammed the media and share traders for their treatment of nuclear focused businesses in the wake of the Japanese earthquake.
Shares in the company plunged 33 per cent in trade over Monday and Tuesday, recovered a little on Wednesday and are now on the slide again, down 6.8 per cent to $3.45 by 3:25pm (AEDT)…….. Continue reading
Russia gets out of investment in Australian uranium company
Russia drops Mantra uranium deal after Japan quake, Google news, (AFP) – 18 March 11 MOSCOW — A subsidiary of Russia’s atomic energy agency said Thursday it was withdrawing its $1.16 billion offer for Australia’s Mantra Resources because of the nuclear power plant problems in Japan.The Australian company’s shares lost about a third of their value on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Wednesday in line with other massive losses suffered by the world’s big nuclear energy firms.The Russian Federal Atomic Agency’s ARMZ uranium producer said in a statement that the Japanese nuclear crisis fundamentally altered the Australian company’s long-term value…..AFP: Russia drops Mantra uranium deal after Japan quake
Cameco confident on uranium market’s future
Investor interest will eventually return,…..CEO Jerry Grandey said that he did not anticipate “significant direct effects on Cameco’s business in the short or long-term…….The uranium we are selling today fuels existing reactors that continue to operate, safely’’
Flicker of hope for uranium miners, The Age, Barry FitzGeraldMarch 16, 2011
The big three of ASX-listed uranium stocks – Paladin (ASX:PDN), Extract (ASX:EXT) and Energy Resources of Australia (ASX:ERA………….There are some real doubts that the world needs the sort of growth in uranium supplies that was underpinning the fancy market values of those companies already in production (like Paladin and ERA), or those with a big world-class deposit that would get in to production before long (like Extract). Continue reading
Pro nuclear marketers don’t want to understand Risk Management
This guy, Patrick Mckenzie, doesn’t seem to have any clue about Risk Management. In risk management you weigh up 2 things:
1. the probability of an accident
2 the likely consequences of the accident
In the case of nuclear power, the probability of an accident is very slight, but the likely consequences are huge. That is why insurance companies will not insure nuclear plants.
Let’s keep the Japanese earthquake in perspective, The Age, Patrick McKenzieMarch 16, 2011 “…..There is a lot of panicked reporting about the problems with Tokyo Electric’s nuclear power generation plants in Fukushima……The tremendous public unease over nuclear power shouldn’t be allowed to overpower the conclusion: nuclear energy, in all the years leading to the crisis and continuing during it, is absurdly safe.
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